Associate Dean, Research, Institutional Effectiveness, and Planning

**Associate Dean, Research, Institutional Effectiveness, and Planning** **Rancho Santiago Community College District** **Salary Range:** Grade D: $170,914\.70 - $229,042\.04 **Job Type:** Full Time **Job Number:** AC26-01361 **Location:** Santa Ana, CA **Division:** SAC Executive Division **Closing:** 4/2/2026 5:00 PM Pacific **POSITION DETAILS** **About Rancho Santiago Community College District** Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) is one of the most established districts in the state and has been in operation for nearly 50 years. Located in the heart of Orange County, it is one of the largest of California's 72 community college districts, based on the number of credit and non-credit students. RSCCD encompasses 25 percent of Orange County's total area and serves a population of more than 700,000 residents in the communities of Anaheim Hills, Orange, Santa Ana, Villa Park, and portions of Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Irvine, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Tustin, and Yorba Linda. The district includes Santiago Canyon College and Santa Ana College, as well as the Centennial and Orange Continuing Education Centers, the Digital Media Center, the Joint Powers Fire Training Center, the Orange County Sheriff's Regional Training Academy, the College and Workforce Preparation Center, and the District Operations Center. RSCCD's three (3\) auxiliary Foundations are actively involved in supporting both community and campus programs. RSCCD's student population is a direct reflection of the diverse communities in the surrounding neighborhoods. As a whole, the district has the honor of serving approximately 55,537 students: 51% Hispanic/Latinx, 20% White, 9% Asian \& Filipino, and 2% are African American. RSCCD is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and serves predominately historically underrepresented students. There is a commitment to foster student centered values among our employees to provide equitable student learning, academic excellence, and workforce development. By delivering high-quality educational programs and student support services, the district ensures that students have the appropriate resources to achieve their goals. At RSCCD, our mission is to integrate diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and justice into all aspects of student academics and employee relations. Thus, creating transformational experiences that prepares students and employees to engage in the world with a renewed sense-of-self. Through this commitment, Rancho Santiago Community College District strives to cultivate a learning environment that prioritizes respect, to ensure that RSCCD stakeholders feel valued and supported throughout their academic and professional careers. **About the Position** The ideal candidate will demonstrate cultural competency in serving diverse community college populations, including faculty, classified staff, and students from varied ethnic, racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. This includes those with differing abilities, AB 540 students, DACA recipients, Foreign Residents, VACA participants, and Continuing Education students. They will support RSCCD's mission to promote self-awareness, knowledge, and communication skills, enabling all members of the college community to participate creatively and confidently in an ever-changing world. Candidates will foster an inclusive and collaborative institutional culture that engages and supports faculty, classified staff, and students in achieving the college's mission and goals. The candidate should demonstrate the ability to lead and manage teams effectively while addressing the unique needs of diverse individuals within the organization. They should exhibit sensitivity, equity-mindedness, and a commitment to anti-racism in their decision-making and interactions. Through strategic leadership and inclusive practices, they will empower students to reach their educational and career aspirations while ensuring faculty and classified staff are supported in fostering a creative, confident, and thriving community college environment. **General Responsibility** Under direction of the President, the Associate Dean of Research, Institutional Effectiveness and Planning provides leadership in college-wide planning, assessment, accreditation and research activities to positively impact student outcomes and overall institutional effectiveness. Promotes excellence through the integration of strategic planning, systematic institutional evaluation and assessment, and qualitative and quantitative research to support college decision making. **Representative Duties** Coordinate strategic planning processes that integrate program review, unit planning, divisional planning and college-wide planning to establish annual and long-range goals. Direct research and analysis including, but not limited to: environmental scans, analysis of enrollment data and trends, systematic institutional assessment and evaluation, labor market analysis, and performance reports. Contribute to college-wide institutional effectiveness by providing data on Student Learning Outcomes, Institutional Effectiveness Outcomes, statistics, trends and comparisons. Collaborate with faculty and staff to support the teaching/learning process. Collect, analyze, interpret, and disseminate data related to student outcome measures, academic program review, planning, and institutional effectiveness. Work collaboratively with all Vice Presidents and their respective areas in the development methodology for compiling, analyzing, documenting and reporting student learning outcome and assessment data; serve as resource person to faculty, staff, and/or governance committees; assist in developing assessments for student learning outcomes and work with college leaders to develop, refine and enhance institutional effectiveness. Serve on college/district committees as assigned. Perform related duties as assigned. Serve as liaison and resource to the college accreditation process, program accreditation processes, compliance program reviews and the biennial review of vocational programs. Provide comprehensive reporting and analysis on institutional effectiveness. Develop systems and procedures to expand and improve the college's ability to access and analyze information. Assures the organization, management, implementation, and evaluation of the operations and activities of the assigned programs and services. **Organization Relationships** This position reports to the President. **QUALIFICATIONS** **Minimum Qualifications** Must possess a master's degree and a minimum of three years of formal training, internship, or leadership experience reasonably related to this administrative assignment. **Desirable Qualifications** Experience with:* Applied research methodology in a community college or other educational setting Qualitative and quantitative research techniques, statistical analysis and information systems * Institutional effectiveness processes, survey design and implementation, assessment methods and benchmarking tools * Developing and implementing strategic planning processes * ACCJC Accreditation Standards and with preparing college self-evaluation reports Student learning outcomes and assessment * Familiarity and Experience with the California Community College Chancellor's Office's Scorecard * Appropriate application of statistical analysis including software packages (SPSS, SAS, etc.) * Databases commonly used in research (MIS, IPEDS, National Student Clearinghouse, etc.) * Candidate must demonstrate clear evidence of sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff, and the community. **Required Skills:** Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to effectively supervise staff, prevent and resolve conflicts and problems, build consensus and organize programs and services to meet changing needs. **APPLICATION PROCESS** To ensure full consideration, all applicants must submit a complete online Rancho Santiago Community College District application that includes the items listed below by the position's closing date. Recruitment will review all applications for completeness, and only complete application packets will be forwarded to the screening committee for further review. **A Complete Application Packet Must Include the Following:** * RSCCD Online Application * Cover Letter * Resume - details all relevant education, training, and other work experience * Academic Transcripts (Unofficial copies of undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate transcripts). **Foreign Degrees** Transcripts from countries other than the United States must be evaluated by an agency that is approved by or a member of the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Service (NACES) or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE), or Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC). **Application Screening** In addition to the requirements and responsibilities listed, the following criteria (as appropriate) may be considered in selecting candidates:* Education experience breadth and depth. * Work experience breadth and depth. * Demonstrated leadership capabilities. * Program development. * Community involvement. * Demonstrated experience in working with a diverse socio-economic community. * Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with others. Based on the information presented in the application materials, a limited number of candidates with qualifications most pertinent to the position will be invited to participate in the selection process, which may include a written test and an oral interview. Meeting the position's minimum requirements does not guarantee advancement in the selection process. Candidate qualifications will be assessed to determine those who meet and exceed requirements and are deemed the most